Recipes by Alessio Fangano
Pork stew with cumin, peas, arugula and dark chocolateWe all know how well dark chocolate goes with pork, right? For this reason, when I was developing my "Cooking with Chocolate" class, I decided to feature a pork stew as the meat-course of the evening. To have the best end result, I needed a cut of pork that would stay moist during braising and that didn't require that long to cook… |
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The Rising RoseIt is the weekend and what best to enjoy the sun than a nice rose scented Martini? Find the recipe here: http://ift.tt/1veod5g |
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Castagnaccio - Tuscan chestnut "cake"Chestnut flour is still an unusual ingredient in our kitchens, unfortunately.To mill chestnut into flour, they are first dried over wood fire and this imparts the resulting product with a delicate and distinctive smoky aroma that make this flour pretty unique.Being a nut´s flour, it doesn't contain gluten and so it is an useful… |
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Sicilian Beef involtini with Mint and Pecorino cheeseThis must be one my favorite recipe of the ones I developed on 2013. It is a take on rich and satisfying Sicilian flavors but with techniques that recall the central European cuisine.I originally created this recipe for a dinner party of 20 with included cooking class. The menu had to express the Sicilian palette of flavors at its… |
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Roasted Cauliflower with Parsley and an Orange juice-Vanilla dressingRoasted cauliflower is at its hype at the moment, but it is indeed a really versatile and deeply satisfying way of eating this creamy white vegetable.By roasting it, you concentrate its natural sweetness enriching it with delicate earthy notes of… |
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Linguine with fried zucchini and prawn sauceI really love this recipe! I got to create it for one of my cooking class and now I can't stop thinking about it. The intensely caramelised zucchini, the sweet sweet prawn sauce and that slick pasta... I'm hungry.The secret lies in the quick stock done with the prawns shells and now, let's get cooking!Linguine with spicy zucchini and… |
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Torta Pasqualina - Italian Eastern PieAnother classic of the Italian Easter table must be the Torta Pasqualina (Easter pie). Done throughout Italy, this dish has in it all the ingredients that represent the coming of Spring: fresh herbs, ricotta cheese and eggs.Tradition would want the cake to be made with wild herbs as well as spinach and Swiss chard.What best than… |
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Minestra Maritata - Italian Eastern Swiss Chard soupThe season of Swiss Chard is upon us. I love this vegetable but sometimes I find myself rather confused in deciding how to prepare it and so I end up sauteeing it with a little crushed tomatoes and garlic, as my mom does it.I reckon the confusion arises from the contrast between the strong texture and the rather delicate aromas of… |
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Sharing my life call and an Italian tarteDreamHost Promotional CodesSharing my life call and an Italian tarteSome time ago my dear friend Sumaya of Pukka Paki asked me to write an introductory piece for her other food-platform Food Niche Collective. What came out is quite an explanatory piece about my newly-found life call that I would like to share with you all.Let's all… |
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A gingery beef stir-fry and the lovely SciaccaDreamHost Promotional CodesA gingery beef stir-fry and the lovely SciaccaThis time a new month means also a new year. I am still on holiday mode and probably not ready yet to commit the year past to paper. Quite frequently my thoughts need a noticeable amount of time to crystallize into a concrete expression of words and metaphoric… |
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